Well, here it ("trim")
doesn't relate to the hair in any way... Rather, it pops up to me as a result
of the excessive outburst of social awareness, so-called
"intellectual" beings, so on and so forth... Ignorance of the common
man to the well-obvious burning issues of the society for a very long time; and
then the sudden appearance of awareness, sense of social responsibility, and
smartness in analyzing, tweeting, re-tweeting and in some cases (so-called)
supporting the cause... How do we become so smart within a flash when we are
still the same flesh?
This question settles me down around
the "smartness" or more basic term "understanding". It
leads me back to the English grammar, so very simple, which life isn't
(sadly)...
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The term "smart" has
simpler relative forms: Smart - Smarter - Smartest...
But according to
my "THEORY OF SMARTNESS", it follows a different order: Naivety -
Innocence - Smartness - Wickedness...
Yeah, these are not absolute traits;
and there is a very thin line between any two adjacent ones...
These are further driven by "OVERLAP
AND 'MIRAGE' EFFECT"... means:
1) There always exists a mix of at
least two adjacent traits in a person – an OVERLAP... A person can be
naive-innocent / innocent-smart / smart-wicked... A pure naive / innocent /
smart / wicked person cannot possibly exist...
2) Our far-sight vision of these
traits causes a mirage (an illusion)... What we generally see as “innocence” can
be “naivety” in real; and what generally seems as “smartness” can be “wickedness”...
To my say, absolute smartness lies in
prowess – the ability to have a closer look inside out (break the mirage), and the ability to control the overlap... Act responsibly (and more
importantly) honestly...
Trim a trait before it gets to its
next superlative... And that's what it's all about...
Abstruse is the word that comes to my mind to describe this exegesis. Of course, no amount of smartness is enough to excavate its meaning from the fossils of eloquence and rhetorism. Forget about trimming since it is far-fetched word in this context. You are essentially trying to explain to your readers to be succinct when they express their views on a plethora of subjects pertaining to our societal issues and think broadly. Although, this manuscript is esoteric in nature, the point that you are trying to convey is well taken albeit in a grimmer way.:)
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